Allied Warships

USS Scrimmage (AM 297)

Minesweeper of the Admirable class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Minesweeper
Class	Admirable
Pennant	AM 297
Built by	Winslow Marine Railways & Ship Building Corp. (Winslow, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered	2 May 1942
Laid down	22 Feb 1943
Launched	16 May 1943
Commissioned	4 Apr 1944
End service	22 Jun 1946
History	Decommissioned 22 June 1946 at Orange, Texas Struck from the Naval Register 1 April 1960 and sold She became a British merchantman named Giant II and used as a cable ship Sold in March 1968 to the Dillingham Corp. and leased to the University of Hawaii as a research vessel being renamed M/S Mahi Sold in 1982 to Dacor Scuba Diving to be sunk as an artificial reef Sunk approximately 1 mile off the Waianae coast in 90 feet of water.

Commands listed for USS Scrimmage (AM 297)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Robert van Winckle, USNR	4 Apr 1944	Aug 1945
2	Lt. Richard Carlton Condon, USNR	Aug 1945

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